Umbrella attachment



June 28, 1927. 1,633,961 7 E. R. SWEETING UMBRELLA ATTACHMENT Filed Sept. 17, .1925

INVENTOR Patented June 28, 1927.

UNITED STATES EARL R. SWEETING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UMBRELLA ATTACHMENT.

Application fi1ed September This invention relates to attachments for use in connection with umbrellas and similar articles; and the object of the invention is to provide a device adapted to be mounted n connection with or constitute part of the tip of an un'ibrella whereby drip rain water may be collected in said device to prevent the same from running onto a floor or floor covering. said device comprising a cup-shaped body 19 having a chamber therein, sufficiently large to hold the average amount of drip water that will be discharged from an umbrella after the use thereof; a further object being to provide a device of the class specified which may be detachably connected with the tip end of an umbrella in different positions to utilize said device for the purpose of collecting Water and for the further purpose of supporting the umbrella in upright position, in which latter use, the device is in the form of a suction cup; a further object being to provide means on a device of the class specified whereby the accidental displacement'of water collected therein will be 25 prevented; and with these and other ob ects in View, the invention consists in an umbrella attachment of the class and for the purpose specified, which is simple in construction, efficient in use, and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a side view of a part of an umbrella in closed position, showing my attachmcnt mounted in connection with the tip end thereof, the attachment being in section. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. V

Fig. 3 is a side view showing the attachment in inverted position and illustrating another use thereof; and, r

Fig. 4: is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the attachment and umbrella in inclined position.

In the drawing, 5 represents an umbrellastructure of any kind or class and 6 is the tip end of the umbrella which may be of any form and construction, the tip end 6 being the lower end of the umbrella as will be 17, 1925. Serial No. 56,845.

concaved to form a recess 11 in the upper face of the body 8. The crosshead tenninates centrally in an upwardly directed tubular portion 12, the upper end of which is preferably provided with a plurality of inwardly directed beads 13 adapted to center the tip end 6 of the umbrella within the tube 12 to form an annular passage 14 around the tip 6 of the umbrella which opens into the chamber 9. The lower or contracted end of the body 8 is provided with an elongated bearing portion 15 apertured as seen at 16 to receive the tip 6 of the umbrella, the aperture 16 being in axial alinement with the tube'12. I

In the use of the device as seen in Figs. 1 and t 0f the drawing, for the purpose of collectingv the drip from the umbrella, the attachment 7 is mounted upon the tip 6 of the umbrella by passing the end of the tip first through the tube 12 and thus into and through the aperture 16 and toproject the tip slightly through the attachment 7 as seen in Fig. 1 of the drawing, it being understood that the attachment is applied to the umbrella when used, and constitutes a part thereof. After the umbrella has been used for the desired purpose and the body structure is closed, the drip rain water will run down the body and along the tip end 6 in the usual manner and enter the chamber 9 through the passage 14L and collect in said chamber as seen at 17 Fig. 1 of the drawing. It will be apparent that whether or not, the umbrella is retained in upright position or in the event that the umbrella should fall down, the water will be retained in the attachment 7 by reason of the crosshead 10 and the arrangement of the tube 12 as partially represented in Fig. 4 of the drawing. lVhen all of the drip Water has been collected, the attachment may be removed to drain the Water therefrom which will run out through the aperture 16 as will be apparent but other means may be provided for this purpose, and the desired result may be accomplished without removing the attachment from the umbrella.

In addition to utilizing; the attachment for collecting drip water as above stated, the attachment may be mounted upon the tip end of the umbrella as seen in Fig. 3 ot the drawing, in which use the tip (3 of the umbrella 5 first enters the aperture 16 in the contracted end portion of the a clnneiit, and the upper flared end of the attachment is then in inverted position and nut be placed upon a flared surface to function in the manner of a suction cup for supporting the umbrella in upright position as partially represented in Fig. 3 of the draw ing.

It will be apparent that while it preferred that the attachment be cc 'tructed of rubber or a. composition of rubber. e

ame may be made of any desired mart ial and fashioned in any desired manner to accomplish the result intended; further, the umbrella structure may be so made as to accomplish the results herein specified especially in the collection of drip water to prevent its running upon a floor or other surface as is commonly experienced. The attachment also operates to protect that part of the body structure of the umbrella which joins the tip when the umbrella is in use, the attachment operating to deflect or batlie the rainwhich would normally come in contact with said portion of the body of the umbrella. It will be understood that while I have shown certain details of construction for carrying my invention into eiieet, that I am not necessarily limited to these (let-airs, and various changes in and modifications ot the construction herein shown and described may be made within the scope of the ap pended claims withoutdeparting from the spirit or my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described comprising a thimble-shaped body having straight and flared walls, the contracted end portion of said body being provided with a comparatively thick portion in which is an elongated aperture opening into said body and outwardly through the contracts l end thereof, tl e enlarged end portion having a flat peripheral edgre forming a closure for the chamber within said bony, an inwardly direct-ed tubular member centrally 01"- said crosshead and in s paced relation with the contracted end of said body, the bore oi said member being in axial aliiicment with the aperture in the contracted end of said body, the bore of said tubular member having circuniterentially spaced radially projecting; members to center the umbrella tip in said bore, and the enlarged end of said body forming a suction cup whereby the same may be retained against accidental ,dis placement on a door or other surtacefand whereby an un'ibre in may be supported in upright position by insertion into the aperture in the contracted end of said body.

2. A. device 01" the class described comprising a thimble-shaped body having straight and flared walls, the contracted end portion of said body being provided with a comparatively thick portion in which is an elongated aperture opening into said body and outwardly throughthe contracted end thereof, the enlarged end portion having a flat peripheral edge and a concavo-convex crosshead within said peripherial edge forming a closure for the chamber within said body, and the enlarged end of said body forming a suction cup whereby the same may be retained against displacement on a floor or other surface and whereby an umbrella may be supported in upright position by insertion into the aperture in the contracted end of said body. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing; as my invention I have signed my name this 16th day of Sept, 1925.

EARL R. SvVEETING. 

